Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22957, Richard Dolloff, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 26
or Dolloll Richard Dolliff
N 22957
CONTENTS
Tamassain or T. Tanna

N. 11.69 Maine
Richard Dolloff
of Rumford in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Coffin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Poor in the N. Hampshire army for 14 months Private $46.66
On Roll bundle 21
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of May 1833 and sent to P. L. Virgin Rumford Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 93. 32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833 23. 33
$116.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book H Vol. 1 Page 11

Michael Dullough
13.604
Michael Dullough

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 17th day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Richard Dorr, a resident of Rumford in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. viz as a Private
at Enniskerry in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in the Month of December he enlisted into the State Militia of New Hampshire as a volunteer for the term of two months; in the Company commanded by Capt Peter Coffin in the Regiment commanded by Col Brack Dorr and marched to Winter Hill in Massachusetts and the Month of February at said Winter Hill at 1776 was discharged. The Lieut Col of said Regiment was John McAlister. The Major was Joseph Gilley. The 1st Lieutenant of said Company was John Hall the 2nd Lieutenant was John Sinclair. In the Month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six at Stratham in said County & State Militia of New Hampshire as a volunteer enlisted in the State Militia of New Hampshire commanded by Capt Mark Huggins in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nathaniel Dorr for the term of one year. He marched from said Enniskerry through the State of New Hampshire to Piscataway in the State of New York. The Company and Regiment to which he belonged were annexed to Gen. Patterson's Brigade of the Continental Troops. After remaining there seven or eight days retreated by reason of Gen. St Clair and went ahead of the British Column and went by Water to Saratoga under cover of Firearm Gullies. The British there came up with the Americans. Three of the Gullies were blown up. The Americans retreated to Fort Schuyler. The British attacked the rear guard at Stillwater. The Americans were commanded by Col. Stair. After being Fort Schuyler retreated to Fort Edward - thence they went down North River to Still Water - and on the eighth day of August at 1777 was discharged. He has no documentary evidence unless it is the deposition of Captain Huggins in the War department - and he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Richard Dorr
Stephen Emery, Judge

We Daniel Gould a clergyman residing in the Town of Rumford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine and Joseph Woodwell residing in said Town and hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Doleff who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood and where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Gould
Joseph Woodwell
Subscribed & sworn to, in open Court, the day of your hearing
Stephen Emery, Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Said applicant having adduced the deposition of Mark Wiggins, and also the adjudication of the United States District Court, hereunto annexed on a former application - Also the certificate of Daniel Gould a clergyman residing in said Rumford, and Joseph Woodwell of said Rumford, Esq. - both credible men,
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Colby Registrar Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lucinda Doleff for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of September A. D. 1832.
Clerk.
Joseph G. Colby Registrar

State of Maine
On this twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six personally appeared before the Hon. John P. Prince Judge of Probate for the County of Oxford, Tamiasis  Esther D. D. D. a resident of Rumford in the County aforesaid aged 81. All years on the 6th of May. 1846. who being first sworn doth upon her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of June 17 1844.
And this declarant states that her husband Richard D. D. D. was a pensioner of the U. S. and received an annual stipend of forty six dollars and sixty six cents during his life time. Her husband was a resident of Exeter New Hampshire in the time of the war and she believes that he served in New Hampshire forces. And for the proof of her husband's service in the war she refers to the declaration of her husband under the act of 1832.
And this declarant further states that she intermarried with Richard D. D. D. in the Town of Ipswich Mass: now Hamilton on the 13th of July 1788 by the Revd. Manaah Butler, that her husband the said Richard D. D. D. died on the 22nd day of October 1845 in Rumford and that she is still a widow as will appear by the testimony annexed.
Tamiasis
her D. D. D. Mark

State of Maine Oxford ss.
On the day and year first within written personally appeared Isaac Dolloff, who from bodily infirmity is unable to attend court, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her subscription. Before me
Job Prince, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County.
Richard Dolloff was placed upon the pension roll of the Maine Agency on the 6th of May 1833 at the rate of $46.66 per annum under the Act of June 7 1832

State of Maine
Before S.S. Be it known that satisfactory evidence has been adduced before me to prove that Richard D o loff was a pensioner of the U.S. and died on the twenty fourth day of October eighteen hundred and forty five and left a widow Tamarain D o loff who now is living.
Given under my hand and seal of Court this 17 th day of June A.D. 1846.
Job Prince Judge of Probate
State of Maine
Oxford County ss: I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County, hereby certify that Job Prince whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates, & before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Tamarain D o loff for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty third day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty six.
Geo. F. Emery Register.

I Alfred Kimball Town Clerk of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk & have in my keeping all the books of Record belonging to said Town of Ipswich. In one of the books in my possession and which purports to contain the Record of Marriages solemnized in said Town I find the following entry to wit
1788 } Richard Doleff, of Exeter State of New- July 13 th } Hampshire to Tamma Knowlton of Ipswich July 13 th
The foregoing is a true extract from the record of Marriages as found on the Town records in my possession and appears to have been regularly entered among the records of Marriages returned by the Rev d Marmaduke Catter from April 1788 to March 1789 and if The date of said record was written out in full it would read thus "Seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight July Thirteenth" I further certify on oath that the figures as the date of said marriage are plain and legible. Alfred Kimball
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex County Ys. August 15, 1846 Then personally appeared Alfred Kimball Town Clerk of Ipswich and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed Before me Nathl. Lord Jr, Justice of the Peace

Adm 8 14 M o's Private $46.16
Peter la Virgin Esq. Rumford Maine

BRIEF in the case of Richard Dolloff  of Burnham in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Dec 1 st In 1795 2 Private Gen. Goffin Col. P...   Aug 1796 1 " Col. H. Goffin Col. H...        
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Nine  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Exeter New Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard D. Doolittle  Examining Clerk.

February 7, 1934
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BA-J/MCS
Richard Dolloff, W. 22957
Edna M. White Supervisors' Office Lakewood Public Schools Lakewood Ohio
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 22957, based upon the military service of Richard Dolloff or Dollif, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
While a resident of Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, he enlisted in December, 1775, as private in Captain Peter Coffin's company in Colonel Enoch Poor's New Hampshire regiment and was discharged in February, 1776. He enlisted in August, 1776, as private in Captain Mark Wiggin's company in Colonel Pierce Long's New Hampshire regiment and was discharged August 8, 1777.
In 1818 he was living in Rumford, District of Maine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, at which time he was seventy-seven years of age and was living in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine.
He died October 24, 1845, in Rumford, Maine.
This soldier married in Ipswich, Massachusetts, July 13, 1788, while living in Exeter, New Hampshire, Tamasain or Tamma Knowlton who was born May 6, 1765, and was a resident of Ipswich which was later Hamilton, Massachusetts.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 17, 1846, at which time she was a resident of Rumford, Maine. She was living there in 1848.

The names of the parents of this soldier were not given and there are no further data relative to the soldier's family shown in the papers of this claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

May 24, 1933
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BA-J/MCS Richard Dolloff, W. 22957 Noah Dollof, S. 35251
Mrs. Frank E. Johnson 18 Andrew Road Swampscott Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to soldiers of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 22957, based upon the military service of Richard Dolloff or Dollif, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
While a resident of Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, he enlisted in December, 1775, as private in Captain Peter Coffin's Company in Colonel Enoch Poor's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in February, 1776. He enlisted in August, 1776, as private in Captain Mark Wiggin's Company in Colonel Pierce Long's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged August 8, 1777.
In 1818 he was living in Rumford, District of Maine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, at which time he was seventy-seven years of age and was living in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine.
He died October 24, 1845, in Rumford, Maine.
This soldier married in Ipswich, Massachusetts, July 13, 1788, while living in Exeter, New Hampshire, Tamassain or Tanna Knowlton who was born May 6, 1765, and was a resident of Ipswich which was later Hamilton, Massachusetts.

She was allowed pension on her application executed June 17, 1846, at which time she was a resident of Rumford, Maine. She was living there in 1848.
The names of the parents of this soldier were not given and there are no further data relative to the soldier's family shown in the papers of this claim.
*****
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 35251, based upon the military service of Noah Dollof (he signed as Dollof but was pensioned as Dolliff), the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He was born in Brentwood, New Hampshire. The date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
"After serving in the first eight months service" he enlisted at Cambridge, Massachusetts, late in December, 1775, in Captain Moore's Company in Colonel John Stark's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in December, 1776. The place of his residence when he entered the service was not shown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 5, 1823, at which time he was sixty-seven years of age and was living in Belmont, Hancock County, Maine.
In 1823 he referred to his wife, Ether, as being sixty-seven years of age. The papers in this claim contain no further data in regard to the soldier's family.
*****
In the papers of pension claim, W. 20999, based upon the military service of Thomas Dolloff (an abstract of which was sent you September 1, 1920) no reference is made to this soldier's parents nor to a brother, Noah.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that
Date of his death not in Agency Book

Rev. War Pension
1777-1818
war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of the John Dunbar described by you or of any John Dolloff, searched under all spellings of the names.
Revolutionary War military rolls are now in the custody of The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C., and for information in regard to the military service of John Dolloff and John Dunbar, it is suggested that you address that office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
LPW:MLB
June 3, 1950
Mrs. Ella F. Dow 501 Main Street Saco, Maine
Dear Madam:
In further response to your request for information in regard to a certain Richard Dolloff, I advise you, as stated in letter of January 30, 1950, that the history furnished you on November 11, 1929, is that of the only soldier by that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau and that the two citations made by you refer to one and the same man.
This bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States, on account of his services, hence, no record of any other Richard Dolloff, as it does not appear that any other made such a claim.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section Se
W.C.A.
January 30, 1930
Mrs. Ella F. Dow Biddeford, R. D. 4, Box 14 Maine
Dear Madam:
I advise you that on November 11, 1929, you were furnished the history of the only soldier named Richard Delloff (searched under all spellings of the name) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
This is the same soldier that is noted in the "List of Pensioners" published by the Secretary of War in 1835, as a pensioner from Oxford County, Maine, under the Act of June 7, 1832, and also in the "1840 Census of Pensioners", as a resident of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, aged eighty-five years in 1840.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HBM
Order 1 November 11, 1929.
Mrs. Ella F. Dow R.F.D. 4, Box 14 Biddeford Maine.
Dear Madam:
Richard Delloff I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 22957, it appears that Richard Delloff or Dollif (pensioned Delloff) while a resident of Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, enlisted in December 1775 as a private in Captain Peter Coffin's Company, Colonel Enoch Poor's New Hampshire Regiment, and was discharged in February 1776.
1776 He enlisted in August 1777 as a private in Captain Mark Wiggin's Company in Colonel Pierce Long's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged August 8, 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, aged seventy-seven years. He died October 24, 1845, in Rockford, Maine.
Rumford The soldier married in Ipswich, Massachusetts, July 13, 1788, while living in Exeter, New Hampshire. Tamassin or Tanna Knowlton who was born May 8, 1765, who was a resident of Ipswich which was later Hamilton, Massachusetts.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 17, 1846, at which time she was a resident of Rumford, Maine.
No charge is made for furnishing this history and $1.00, the amount of your enclosure will be refunded in due time.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

LAKEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS LAKEWOOD OHIO DEPARTMENT OF SUPERVISION
January 29, 1934
Veterans' Bureau, Washington D C
Gentlemen:
At the local G A R they inform me that records at Washington will show if these two people fought in the Revolution, and if so, if that entitles myself to the right to the D.A.R. - three people: three brothers.
Records, letters, and other things were lost, but our tradition says that Richard Dolloff and David Dolloff , and Phineas Dolloff fought in the Revolution. They were New Hampshire stock, possibly New Hampton. Later, one of the brothers went to Maine, although we are not certain whether that was pre-Revolution or not.
We are descendants of Phineas, whose son was Thomas, our great - (something or other) grandfather.
Thomas's wife was, I think, Nancy Ladd.
If such information is available, and we might have it, whether we use or not, it would be just splendid to have it for our children.
Thanking you for any courtesy you can offer us, I am
Sincerely yours,
Edna M. White Edna M White Supervisors' Office Lakewood Public Schools Lakewood, Ohio
Separate negative letter sent by Miss Barlow for David & Phineas Dolloff. EDS 2/7/34

501 Main St Saco Me.
March 10 th 1930
Rebecca Emery Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Commissioner of Pensions:
Dear Sir: On page 34 in "Maine Revolutionary
Pensioners" by Charles Alcott Flag. Dover Me 1920
I find the the following names
List 35 d Richard Dolloff N. H. State Private Age 79
also list 40 Richard Dolloff age 55 Mass Oxford County
Res. Rumford. Some time ago I wrote to you and you sent me this last Richard's wife's names &c and that he was born in 1755.
Afterwards I found out he was not the Richard I was looking up as an ancestor to my physician Dr David Dolloff so wrote again and you answered that there were only one Richard on pension rolls. Genealogists from different parts of the New England informed me that Flag's book is recognized everywhere as being correct. If this is true why could you not find the other Richard - I have sometimes found one Richard and one Richard Jr. but in Revolutionary times Jr was not always recognized as a son of Richard Sr. Will you not try again to help me in my quest for the other Richard? I am no longer young and am earning a livelihood by this genealogical research - Thank you for returning the dollar I sent for the first Richard's enrollment. Cordially Yours Mrs Ella F. Dow

United States Commissioner of Pensions, * Rev. War Pensions Dept. Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
I am exceedingly anxious to establish the parentage of a Pensioner in the War of the Revolution, and due to the fact that another soldier of same name, both evidently born at same time, and both son of same father at Exeter, N.H. and finally that both went to Maine, where families and descendants are recorded, it is seemingly impossible to prove the ancestry of either, unless there is something in their pension or service records to indicate the fathers name.
I submit the following data, as all possible aid to the solution.
One out (1) Richard Dolloff, of Exeter, N.H. in Company of Peter Coffin, Capt.... Dec. 1775. N.H. State Papers, Vol. 17. p. 4. Says copied from the original in Bureau of Pensions, at Washington, gives name Richard Dolloff, Nov. 24, 1775.
Ibid..p.28, refers to , Committee of Safety records, Bureau of Pensions, Wash. D.C. Oct. 12, 1775. Peter Coffin. Capt. went with men to Winter Hill. Richard Dolloff, private.
Hist. of Exeter, N.H. says this Richard Dolloff was b. 1755, son of Abner & Miriam Dolloff of Exeter, that he married, June 12, 1785, Judith Fellows, and in 1795 bought land at Mt. Vernon, Me. where he lived, raised a family, and died..descendants still in vicinity.
Some of these descendants, now of Biddeford, claim he was a Pensioner, and THE Richard Dolloff named in the returns of Capt. Peter Coffin, of Exeter, in 1775.
✓ (20) The other Richard Dolloff, of Exeter, N.H. WAS a Pensioner. ✓ see W.F. 22959.
He married, at Ipswich, Mass. Tamma Knowlton, as set forth in his petition for Pension, 1818..allowed, May 6, 1833. On June 13, 1846 widow, Tamasain Dolloff of Rumford, Me. deposed age 81, wid. of Richard who died Oct. 24, 1845 at Rumford, Me.
This Richard is also, according to local history, son of the same Abner Dolloff of Exeter, and according to his Pension papers was born in 1755..married 1788 at Ipswich..this is also on record in Ipswich vital records.
He was at Rumford, Me. as early as 1798, owner of many acres of land, had a family there, all recorded in Hist. of Rumford, Me, where he is stated to be son of the above Abner of Exeter, N.H.
Obviously both of these men are not son of same Abner, born in 1755, both married, both with family, and living at same period in Maine, tho in different locations. This obviates the chance that one Richard had two wives, one dying by 1788, as both were living with a family, at same time, in 1845, in different towns.

There was also a Noah Dollow, of Belmont, Me. d. 1835, said to have been from Brentwood, N.H. I have the record of my ancestor, Thomas Dollow, of Meredith, N.H. but nothing in his papers sent to me from Wash. years ago, to indicate parentage, and I believe this Noah Dollow of Belmont, Me. was brother of Thomas of Meredith, N.H. as he did have a brother Noah. Both enlisted from Raymond, N.H.
Of course I have searched the N.H. and Me. Rev. War Rolls, but of course nothing but names and towns, and not possible to place most of the Privates.
There was a John Dollow of Brentwood, N.H. but altho such a name is listed as a Pensioner, #56, in the Pension Bureau, at Wash. in N.H. Rev. War Rolls, I was informed, when I sent a previous inquiry that no John Dollow appears on the lists. He also said to have been in Co. of Capt. Peter Coffin. also John Dollow, private, 3d. Co. 2d. Regt. commanded by Col. John Reid 1780-1781. also on list of returned soldiers of Meredith, N.H. Mch. 28, 1781. Is this recorded?
As I am very anxious to identify a John Dollow of Brentwood in 1795...died at Epsom, N.H. in 1813, may I again ask if you have a record of John Dollow.
not a ad
A John Dunbar was in the Easton, Mass. company, according to Hist. of Easton. the only one of the name. this appears to have been the one who removed to Grantham, N.H. abt. 1790, but a previous query to the Pension Dept. Rev. War service brot no reply. This John Dunbar died 1824..b. 1742..mar. 1768, at Easton, Mary Keith.
I am informed that a soldier who did not apply for pension, is not on the records, is this true, and if so, will you kindly, tell me how to find a record of their enlistment, if such record exists?
As already stated, I am able to consult the N.H. Rev. War Rolls, Maine Rev. War Rolls, and Soldiers and Sailors of Mass. but as only name is given, and as the town does not necessarily indicate their residence, something else must supplement those records, to constitute proof.
This seems like a lot of detail, but I hope to assist in making the search by presenting what I already have and exactly what the problem is, at the same time realizing that no record exists on many Soldiers in the Rev. War.
My principal problem is to separate those two Richard Dollows in Maine.
Thanking you and assuring you of appreciation of any assistance in this,
I beg to remain,
Very truly,
Apl. 14, 1933.
Henrietta D. Johnson
MRS. FRANK E. JOHNSON 18 ANDREW ROAD SWAMPSCOTT, MASS.

R. D. Box 14 Biddeford Me. Nov. 19, 1929
Earl D. Church
Commissioner of Pensioners
Washington D. C. Dear Sir:
Having received the copy of the Revolutionary War Pension Claim W. 22957: I am writing to thank you for the same as I certainly appreciate your kindness. In the same book in which I found List 35d Richard Dolluff Private age 79 Oxford Res. I also found List 340 Richard Dolluff age 85 Mass Oxford County Res Rumford.
For some time I have been searching for an ancestor named Richard Dolluff in order to assist my physician to join the Sons of American Revolution but the dates have not yet been right and will you please send me the history of this second Richard?

I have been a member of the Daughters of American Revolution a great many years and have assisted several to hunt up their genealogy and I dislike to be beaten when undertaking the problem of helping a mere man to join the S. A. R so am asking you to help me. When attending the National meeting in Washington, I will look you up and thank you personally.
Thanking you again for what you sent me and hoping to receive the other shortly. I am
Yours truly
Mrs Ella F. Dow

R.F.D 4 Biddeford Me Oct 17, 1929
Cash - $1 00
Pension Commissioner.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed find one dollar and will you please send me at your earliest convenience the records on the pension list
of List 352 Richard Dolloff N.H. State Private age 79 Oxford Co. Res. "Rumford" Have recently found the above in Pensioner's list,
"In Maine Revolutionary pensions by Charles Alcott Flag Dover Me. 1920"
Thanking you, I am Cordially
Yours truly
Mrs Ella F. Bow R F D 4 Box 14 Biddeford Me.

Recd  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22957
Yanassa Drolloff Wid. of Richard Drolloff Priv. Res. Was
Act Feb. 2 d 1848.
Index: Vol. A , Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1929 Nov. 11. hist. to Mrs. Ella F. Dow. Fin. Div. notified refund of $1 to be made. me.
1930 Jan. 30, Mrs. Ella F. Dow now. she was furn. out Richard Dollhoff as recd. me.
1930 June 3. Mrs. E. F. Dow Further adv. rel. to identity this soldier. MMV
1932 May 24. hist. to Mrs. Frank E. Johnson me.
1934 Feb. 7. hist. to Edna White. me.

Richard Doleff Private
Long's Reg't N Hampshire line
1 year 19 May. 1818.
Not on Continental Establishment.
Rejected
Richard Doleff
1 1/2

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Samuel Leavitt or Esq. Wentworth Esq r of Berwick and Richard Rust or Samuel Meader, Esq r of Wolfborough in the District of New Hampshire
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Paris in said District, on the nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Richard Dolloff of Rumford in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the towns of Berwick and Wolfborough aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

State of New Hampshire Strafford ss, I Mark Wiggin testify and say that he is and of right should be personally of Essex in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid & now residing in Rumford in the Commonwealth of the Massachusetts. He enlisted as a Soldier in my Company in the fore- part of August in the year A D 1776 in Col l Isaac Loring's Regiment of Continental Troops to serve in the United States of America for twelve months & was discharged on the eighth day of August A D 1777 at Stillwater on the River in the State of New York Wolfborough June the 10 th A D 1810 -
Mark Wiggin } First } Captain in } 2 nd Regiment
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss - -
On the 10 th day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen personally came Mark Wiggin above named and made solemn oath that the forgoing declaration by him made and subscribed is true and just
taken and sworn to before me Rich d Burt Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that the said Mark Wiggin is a credible witness in the Town of Wolfborough where he resides Rich d Burt

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen , personally came Richmond Dalcott the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The deposition
of Mark Wiggin, the captain under whom said applicant served in the revolutionary war, taken before Rich. and Bush, a reputable magistrate appointed by Dedimus for this purpose, hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Richmond Dalcott the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Aloysius L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

I Richard Dolloff of Rumford in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts a resident citizen of the United States of America aged sixty three years on oath declare that at Stratham in New Hampshire in the month of August A.D 1776 I enlisted into the Army of said United as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Mark Wiggins in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Pierce Long in the New Hampshire line on the continental establishment, I served in the same in that capacity the term of one year there at the expiration of which I received an honorable discharge a verbal order & left the service -
I further testify that I am not born any pension list & that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country support: wherefore I pray that this application may be submitted to the Secretary at War to the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeably to an Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." Richard Dolloff
May 19. 1820

To be filed in the case of Samson Dolloff widow of Richard Dolloff
H. Bradford Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
I Charles Cobb — Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
Albion H. Kenapp Esq. is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date Mar. 18. A. D. 1840, and will expire March 18. A. D. 1847. —————
and that the — following — signatures purporting to be his — are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed
the Seal of the
Court for said State, this
Anno Domini 1846
Supreme Judicial fifth day of October
Charles Cobb CLERK.

I Joshua Graham of Rumford, in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged forty two years on oath depose and say that I have resided in said Rumford for the last forty two years  twenty five years and during the time, have been intimately acquainted with Richard Dollow and his Widow Samasain Dollow, Richard Dollow during his life time was a pensioner of the U. S. and died at Rumford about one year ago. Samasain Dollow is his Widow and is still living in Rumford and is a very aged person. Joshua Graham Rumford October 1 st 1846
Oxford County ss October 1 st 1846
Then personally appeared Joshua Graham known to me as a person of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, Before me Albion H Knapp Justice of the Peace
I Alvah Bolster of Rumford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged fifty one years on oath depose and say that I have resided in said Rumford for the last thirty eight years and during that time have been intimately acquainted with Richard Dollow and his Widow Samasain Dollow, Richard Dollow during his life time was a pensioner of the U. S. and died at Rumford about one year ago, Samasain Dollow is his Widow and is still living in Rumford and is a very aged person, Alvah Bolster Rumford October 1 st 1846
Oxford County ss October 1 st 1846
Then personally appeared Alvah Bolster known to me as a person of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me Albion H Knapp Justice of the Peace

I David Knapp of Rumford County of Oxford and State of Maine aged thirty six years on oath depose and say that I have resided in said Rumford for the last twelve years and during that time have been intimately acquainted with Richard Dollow and his Widow Tamasain Dollow, Richard Dollow during his life time was a pensioner of the U.S. and died at Rumford about one year ago, Tamasain Dollow is his Widow and is still living in Rumford and is a very aged person Rumford October 1 st 1846 David Knapp Clerk of Rumford
Oxford County ss October 1 st 1846 Then personally appeared David Knapp, known to me as a person of truth veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me Albion H. Knapp Justice of the Peace

Will the clerk please give a certificate of the attach- ment of this affidavit to the record. Also in the affidavit that a copy thereof is in the hands of the clerk of the court.

ad
274-44
admitted
A. Waterhouse North Townal Md

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
I Charles C. Harmon Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
Albert Barker is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oxford.
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated June 28. 1844. and will expire June 28th. 1851.
and that the following signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this ninth day of August. Anno Domini 184 8
Charles C. Harmon CLERK.

State of Maine
Oxford County ss. On this twenty second day of July in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for the County of Oxford Tamarise Dallaff a resident of Rumford in the County of Oxford aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, uttered her oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d of February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Richard Dallaff who was a private in the New Hampshire Line, and served in the Regiment; That her name was placed on the pension list at the rate of forty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, in conformity with the Act of June 17 th 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow
Tamarise her Dallaff mark
Sworn to, and subscribed by her mark on the year and day above written. Before me Albert Burleigh Justice of the peace

State of Maine. Oxford ss. July 22 d 1848
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Tamusia Dallaff mentioned in the foregoing declaration, and that she is still the widow of Richard Dallaff.
Witness my hand Albert Burker justice of the peace
sworn to me
notary public

North Parson Me Aug 5 th 1848. For the benefit of the Applicant the Commissioner of Pensions will please forward the certificate to the subscriber A Waterhouse N. Parson Me

Richard Dollowoff Maine Roll
Act 1832. $46:66.
To what time paid on date of death if given 3 M. 66. Pension office
October 17- 1846.
Died 24 th Oct r 1845, paid in full
A. B. S.

Maine. 274
Samuel Doleoff widow of Richard Doleoff who was a Private —
in the N. Hampshire Line
Husb d died Oct r . 24. 1845
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
46 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
24 th Oct r 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Oct r . 1846 and sent to
H. Bradford, Portland, Me.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page 2.
Ref a

Portland October 5th 1846
Sir
I herewith transmit to you three affidavits showing that Richard Dollow late of Rumford Maine was a pensioner in his life time and that Tamsen Dollow who claims a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 17th 1844 is his widow.
I am very Respectfully
Your Obedt. Servant
H. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

N 334
Namasiu Solloff widow of Richard Me
act 17 June 1844
Marrid 1788
Husband died 24 Oct 1845
Aged 14 mos fr. Feb. 1846
F. Bradford
Portland
Maine
Commenced 24 Oct 1845
Act 17. June 1844.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 19 th 1846
I hereby Certify, That on the first day of October eighteen hundred and forty, one Nathaniel Lord Esq. of Ipswich was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the term of seven years for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, this date above written.
John G. Sleeper, Secretary of the Commonwealth.